Friday, March 02, 2007

Blogging Historians...

It's my goal to build this site into not just a platform for a few specific writers, but a clearinghouse for the history blogosphere at large. So far, most of our diarists and front-page bloggers have come from the left-wing political blogosphere. They've been excellent contributors and have built this site into what it is today -- one of the fastest-growing history blogs on the Net, with a readership that's tripled over the past four months to three hundred hits and 1,000-2,000 pageviews a day. But there are also a whole lot of just plain history bloggers out there whose writing would fit in wonderfully with the content and mission of this site...

Do you have to give up posting on your own blog to post here? Absolutely not -- cross-posting is welcome and encouraged. Do you have to be liberal or even political as a blogger? No -- non-political pieces are completely welcome here, as are pieces by conservatives (just be aware that you're in for an intellectually-rigorous but polite grilling).

Thanks for the invite Elle...I may look into it. I'm afraid I'm pretty conservative though, and I've been burned a few too many times in conversations with liberal colleagues. I just want everyone to play nice.... Oh, and also you've inspired me to write a post about why I am a slavery historian. I don't know when I'll actually get around to doing it, but hopefully sometime in the near future.